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When is grandma Taishan's birthday?

April 18th in the lunar calendar, March 15th in the local area.

Bi Xia Yuan Jun is a mountain god belief (Taoism) centered on North China in Chinese mainland, and is called "Bi Xia Yuan Jun, the fairy of Mount Tai in Dongyue". Goddess in ancient myths and legends of China. Its Dojo is Mount Tai, the five sacred mountains revered by China, located in Tai 'an City, Shandong Province. The influence of Bi Xia and Yuan Jun began to spread from Tai 'an City, Shandong Province, and after thousands of years, especially after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had a great influence on the culture of northern China.

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Bi Xia Yuan Jun, whose full name is Bi Xia Yuan Jun, the fairy of Mount Tai in Dongyue, is commonly known as Grandma Taishan. According to legend, Grandma Taishan is the daughter of Shi Shoudao, a scholar in Fengfu County, Sun Ningfu, Niuzhou, and his wife Jin Yuye. He is noble and clever. At the age of three, he understood personnel, and at the age of seven, he studied Taoism. He once visited the Queen Mother of the West, and when he was fourteen, he went to the Huanghua Cave in Sky Mountain to practice. Sky Mountain is Mount Tai; Huanghua Cave is a stone chamber on the top of the mountain. After three years of practice, Dan Cheng became Bi Xia Yuan Jun, the goddess of Mount Tai. Although this legend can be traced back to a long time ago, the goddess Taishan was sealed in northern Song Zhenzong.

The ancients worshipped grandma Taishan very much. According to Taoist legend, Bi Xia Yuan Jun was ordered by the Jade Emperor to prove his immortality, and ordered the heavenly generals of Mount Tai Yuefu to look after all the good and evil, life and death. And she can do anything, save lives, protect farmers, protect businesses, protect travel, protect marriage and everything. Moreover, there is a woman with a baby in the statue of Bi Xia Yuan Jun's waitress, which is Bi Xia Yuan Jun's blessing to the health and safety of women and children, so that they can get pregnant without pregnancy. Therefore, some people regard grandma Taishan as a godsend.